Why Messy Game Night?

Last Wednesday night, we pulled out one of the youth group’s favorite activities “Messy Game Night”. As you can tell by the pictures this activity is well, messy. I thought I would respond to the question posed by parents, who have the inside of their cars dirty now; “Why Messy Game Night?” The answer comes in two parts; 1. The teens love ‘em and in addition to getting messy, they invite their friends to attend. 2. Messy Game Night is an outward symbol of what Jesus wants to do to us on the inside. We are dirty (sinners) and He wants to clean us up. Only by His sacrifice we are made clean! Inside & Out!
Check out these Bible verses:
Psalm 51:6-8
Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
Ezekiel 36:25-27
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Do you need to be cleaned up?
May God richly Bless You! (& Clean You)
Pastor Dewey

P.S. One more last reminder:
This Saturday; May 31st “Prince Caspian” at the Majestic Theater in Meridian, ID. Cost: $6.25 for Movie, Soda & Popcorn. Please Come!